[The name's Mullery...Alan Mullery! Brighton and Hove Albion manager Alan Mullery admits to hiring private detectives to look into the characters as well as the playing abilities of possible signings.] I brought them into Brighton because of my own standards. When I was a player, I never had sex during the week after Wednesday. ... Looking into a player's background is one thing, but hiring a private detective is in the realms of James Bond.

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